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Shane O'Mara

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Shane O’Mara is Professor of Experimental Brain Research and Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator at the Institute of Neuroscience at Trinity College, and the author of Why Torture Doesn't Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation.

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Why Torture Doesn’t Work

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May 20, 2016 Shane O'Mara explains why inflicting pain actually impedes efforts to obtain life-saving information.

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Cutting Corners on Consent

Dec 19, 2018 Zahra Moloo reports fear and a lack of information in communities where gene-drive experimentation is being planned.

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New Frontiers for Waste Management

Dec 18, 2018 Mahmoud Mohieldin, et al. highlight solutions to the threats posed by a growing volume of household refuse, especially plastic.

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Anti-Semitism Has a New Name

Dec 18, 2018 Shlomo Ben-Ami asks why the far right, even in Israel, has made George Soros public enemy number one.

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Overestimating the EU Economy

Dec 18, 2018 Mohamed A. El-Erian anticipates significant impediments to Europe's economic performance in 2019 and beyond.

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Fixing Afghanistan’s Flawed Peace Process

Dec 18, 2018 Nematullah Bizhan argues that any political settlement must strengthen the state so that it can maintain civil order.

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Truth is the First Casualty of Global Warming

Dec 18, 2018 Bjørn Lomborg says that alarmism will not lead to solutions that successfully address climate change.

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Debating the Great Disruption

Dec 18, 2018 Mark Cliffe, et al. discuss the challenges facing the world in 2019.

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The Continuing Agony of Brexit

Dec 17, 2018 Robert Skidelsky explains why Prime Minister Theresa May's plan to leave the EU has become the least worst option for the UK.

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